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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2017
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshinori Hemmi, Yokkaichi, JP;
Toshinori Shigeyama, Mie, JP;
Masao Nakayama, Yokkaichi, JP;
Masayuki Higashi, Yokkaichi, JP;
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A bill processing device includes: a device main body including a depositing portion; a plurality of storage boxes where each has an outlet port; a dispensing box including a bill output port; an outlet door configured to open and close the outlet port of each of the storage boxes; a plurality of outlet port detectors where each is configured to detect the outlet port being opened by the outlet door; and a controller configured to determine that cash balance is unknown only when at least one of the outlet port detectors detects that the outlet port is opened.